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Pub. Date
1993
Description
Never before have so many choices and so much information been available to women about life-style, health, family, legal rights, and their own history. Now The Women's Desk Reference, the first general reference book to address the broad spectrum of women's concerns, brings a kaleidoscope of information together for one-step access. The Women's Desk Reference contains more than fifteen hundred alphabetically arranged entries, carefully researched...
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Today, interest in dietary collagen is growing at an astounding rate, and with good reason. The benefits of a collagen-rich diet are remarkable, ranging from better weight control to enhanced digestion, clearer skin, reduced inflammation, and improved immune function. Dietary collagen provides a unique blend of amino acids and other compounds, making it critical for everyone, including infants, young children, the elderly, athletes, pregnant women,...
Author
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
From the publisher. The only book you need to understand and treat your thyroid condition. Combining the expertise of two pioneers in the field -- world-renowned thyroid specialist Kenneth Ain, M.D., and bestselling thyroid author and bioethicist M. Sara Rosenthal, Ph.D. -- The Complete Thyroid Book provides all the essential information on the diagnosis, options, and treatment of thyroid disease. Completely updated with the latest research, this...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"When the application for a new sedative called Kevadon--commonly known as thalidomide--landed on Frances Kelsey's desk at the FDA in 1960, it seemed destined to sail through the review process. The drug, billed as entirely risk-free, was already being sold in forty-six countries. But when Kelsey learned that the drug caused terrible birth defects, she and a team of dedicated doctors, parents, and journalists fought Merrell, the drug's American manufacturer,...
345) Out of the ashes
Pub. Date
[2004], c2002
Description
Perl spent WWII in charge of the woman's infirmary at Auschwitz. Hoping to leave her nightmares behind her after the liberation, she applies for American citizenship in 1946. However, she is hauled into military court to explain how much she "collaborated" with the Nazis during the war. The U.S. officials are especially disturbed by the number of illegal abortions Perl performed at the camp. Perl struggles to explain how she terminated the lives of...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"The bestselling author of The Kind Diet offers natural solutions for a healthier and more vibrant approach to new motherhood. When did making babies get to be so hard? Infertility is on the rise globally, affecting as many as one in six couples. But instead of considering diet and lifestyle factors, doctors pump their patients full of expensive and invasive fertility treatments. Once pregnant, women just accept that carrying a baby will be the gassy,...
347) Embryo
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
Frightening tale of a genetic scientist who creates a beautiful woman from an embryo. The woman-child is addicted to a drug she must take from the bodies of pregnant women.
348) Out of the ashes
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Perl spent WWII in charge of the woman's infirmary at Auschwitz. Hoping to leave her nightmares behind her after the liberation, she applies for American citizenship in 1946. However, she is hauled into military court to explain how much she "collaborated" with the Nazis during the war. The U.S. officials are especially disturbed by the number of illegal abortions Perl performed at the camp. Perl struggles to explain how she terminated the lives of...
349) The long riders
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
Long riders: A sympathetic portrayal of the members of the Jesse James gang in which four pairs of actor brothers portray real-life siblings.
Stagecoach: A determined driver and his passengers -- including a pregnant women, a drunken dentist, a bank manager with a case of stolen money, a gambler, and the infamous Ringo Kid -- travel through Apache territory despite warnings from the Cavalry.
Way west: Senator William Tadlock leads a wagon train...